ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Dickson explores some of complexities of Oscar Wilde’s first hit play, Lady Windermere’s Fan. Oscar Wilde’s first hit play, Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), is a hectic upper-class comedy, in which the tangled complexities of the plot are rivalled only by Wilde’s sparkling and witty dialogue.

Detailed explanation-2: -The play is about Lady Windermere and her jealousy over her husband’s interest in Mrs. Erlyanne, who we eventually find out is Lady Windermere’s long-lost mother. Wilde used his works in order to highlight and reflect what was happening in Victorian society, usually in satirical ways.

Detailed explanation-3: -The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it. Although he denies it, he invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife’s birthday ball.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Windermere is Lady Windermere’s husband. He is a wealthy and respectable gentleman who seems to be well-liked, and he treats his wife lovingly. However, he deceives her when he begins financially supporting Mrs. Erlynne, even though he does so out of love for Lady Windermere.